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Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief
Simon McDonald says Olly Robbins was ‘thrown under a bus’ by the prime minister and the decision feels wrong
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bbc.com
Top Foreign Office official Olly Robbins to leave post after Mandelson vetting row
It comes after it emerged the peer failed security vetting but the Foreign Office still allowed him to take up the post.
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theguardian.com
Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins forced out over Mandelson vetting row
Keir Starmer understood to have lost confidence in official over decision to override security vetting failure
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Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?
Starmer says ministers were in the dark, but friends of former top civil servant suggest it was a case of them looking the other way
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upi.com
British foreign office official fired for not disclosing ambassador failed security check - UPI.com
The most senior civil servant in Britain's Foreign Office has been fired former ambassador Peter Mandelson's security vetting not being disclosed.
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Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief
Simon McDonald says Olly Robbins was ‘thrown under a bus’ by the prime minister and the decision feels wrong
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Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins gives evidence over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live
Robbins was forced out as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Mandelson vetting revelations in the Guardian
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Cabinet Office suggested Mandelson did not even need security vetting, Robbins tells MPs – UK politics live
Olly Robbins was forced out as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Peter Mandelson security vetting revelations in the Guardian